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THAT WOULD BE COVERED. I THINK WE CAN PUT REASONABLE RESTRICTIONS LIKE THAT ON THERE.

I THINK ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO CONSIDER AND REMIND ME OF, I KNOW WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THIS, BUT I DON'T REMEMBER THE ENTIRE OUTCOME OF IT.

I THINK ONE THING TO CONSIDER, THOUGH, IS WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THIS? WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH THIS? WHY ARE WE PUTTING IT THERE? SO TO ME, I UNDERSTAND I'M ALL ABOUT GETTING EXPENSES PAID FOR, BUT MY CONCERN WOULD BE I DON'T WANT US TO SPEND MONEY ON A KIOSK THAT WE WANT TO JUST SLAP UP A BUNCH OF ADVERTISING.

IS THIS ABOUT EDUCATING OUR RESIDENTS AND VISITORS ABOUT THINGS HAPPENING IN THE CITY? AND IT CAN GET BUGGERED UP WITH A BUNCH OF ADVERTISING, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I HATE BEING ON FACEBOOK NOW.

I HATE BEING ON INSTAGRAM BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH ADVERTISING AND THINGS SPONSORED.

SO MY QUESTION TO GO BACK TO THE ORIGIN QUESTION WAS DID WE TALK ABOUT I THINK BUT I COULD BE WRONG.

DID WE TALK ABOUT ORIGINALLY WANTING TO DO SOME WAYFINDING ON THERE AND HAVING TOUCH SCREENS? WE DID, AND WE WE TALKED ABOUT THAT.

IT BECOMES MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE.

SO KIND OF WHAT THE THOUGHT WAS IS WE UTILIZE THESE KIOSKS FOR THREE YEARS, SEE KIND OF HOW THE FLOW OF THE TRAFFIC AND THE KIOSK CAN TELL US HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE PASSING BY AND THEN WE'LL DO QR CODE SO THEN WE CAN FOLLOW THE QR CODES TO SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT THAT LOCATION, AND THEN IF THOSE KIOSKS DO REALLY WELL, MAYBE IN FIVE YEARS WE'LL WANT TO SPEND THE MONEY FOR ONES WITH TOUCH SCREEN, AND ALSO THE THOUGHT WOULD BE THEN IN FIVE YEARS OLD TOWN WOULD HAVE MORE ADDITIONS.

SO YOU MAY REALLY NEED THAT KIND OF WAYFINDING THAT WILL WALK YOU TO I WANT TO GO TO MOONTOWER PIZZA, BUT I'M HERE AND I DON'T KNOW, AND IT WOULD TAKE YOU THROUGH THAT.

SO THE OTHER THING I FEAR AND JUST EXPRESSING THIS ABOUT ADVERTISING IS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME PLACES THAT OBVIOUSLY HAVE MORE CASH FLOW THAN OTHERS, AND IT ALWAYS BOILS DOWN TO THE MONEY WINS AND WHOEVER HAS THE BIGGEST POCKETBOOK CAN ACTUALLY ADVERTISE.

WELL, THAT COULD HURT SOME OF THE OLD TOWN BUSINESSES THAT ARE SMALLER AND MAYBE NEED SOMETHING AND NEED THAT--SO I JUST FEAR KIND OF MESSING UP OUR PURPOSE TO THIS AND FOR US ALL TO BE CLEAR AS TO WHAT WE WANT TO DO WITH THESE, AND THAT'S MY THINKING BEHIND IT ALL

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, AND I THINK ADVERTISING CAN TAKE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT LOOKS.

ONE OF THE LOOKS THAT COULD TAKE IS EVEN LIKE IF YOU DRIVE DOWN INTERSTATE 35 AND YOU COME UP TO THE SIGN THAT SAYS FOOD IS UP HERE, THOSE ARE ADVERTISEMENTS.

THOSE BUSINESSES ACTUALLY PAY IN TO THE STATE TO HAVE THEIR NAME ON THAT.

SO THAT COULD BE EVEN SOMETHING THAT WE COULD LOOK AT, JUST THROWING IT OUT THERE JUST FOR THOUGHT.

YOU KNOW, THESE ARE THE RESTAURANTS AND A LISTS OF THE ONES THAT HAVE PAID A LITTLE FEE OF THE DIFFERENT RESTAURANTS IN OLD TOWN OR THAT KIND OF THING.

SO THAT COULD BE SOME DIFFERENT STUFF.

SO IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE QUITE SO FLASHY, BUT IT COULD FOLLOW THAT INFORMATION TYPE CONCEPT.

SO ONE OF THE IDEAS THAT I KNOW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS WORKING ON IS THEY'RE WORKING ON TRYING TO DO A WEBSITE THAT HAS ALL THE BUSINESSES ON THERE, AND WITH THE KIOSK, WHAT WE COULD DO IS SAY, LOOKING FOR A RESTAURANT, SCAN THE QR CODE AND THEN IT COULD TAKE YOU TO THE LIST OF THE RESTAURANT.

SO THOSE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE CAN INCORPORATE WITHOUT IT NECESSARILY.

BEING A BUSINESS HAS TO PAY FOR AN AD TO BE ON THERE.

WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT WITH OLD TOWN BUSINESSES.

IT'LL WE'LL HAVE QR CODES FOR OUR FACEBOOK, WE'LL HAVE QR CODES FOR OUR WEBSITE.

SO SOMEONE STANDING THERE AND THEY'RE LIKE, OH, WHEN'S HOT SOUNDS OF SUMMER? THEY CAN TAKE THEIR PHONE AND DO THE QR CODE.

YEAH, I LIKE THAT IDEA.

JUST FOR THE FACT OF THERE'S NO WAY YOU COULD LIST IT ALL AND THEN I'M GOING TO BE ABLE TO REMEMBER IT ALL.

SO I REALLY LIKE THE IDEA OF THE QR CODES.

I THINK YOU'VE GOT TO GIVE THEM DIRECTION.

MAYBE WE'LL HAVE TO PUT SOME SORT OF SIGNAGE ON THERE THAT SAYS GET YOUR SMARTPHONE OUT TO SNAP A QR CODE, RIGHT.

SO THAT THEY ARE PREPARED IF THEY'RE LOOKING AT IT.

OKAY, I LIKE WHERE YOU'RE GOING WITH THE TESTING IT FOR THREE YEARS, SEEING WHERE WE GO WITH THAT.

THAT HELPS A LOT. THANK YOU.

PERSONALLY, I DON'T THINK IT'S WORTH SPENDING OUR MONEY ON THIS.

YOU GOT TWO SITTING IN APPROXIMATELY A SMALL AREA AND WE'RE GOING TO GIVE UP 45,000 PLUS THE FEES IT TAKES TO MAINTAIN.

I DON'T THINK IT'S A GOOD EXPENDITURE OF OUR MONEY, MYSELF; THAT'S JUST ME.

AND THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I WAS COMING AT FROM THE ADVERTISING END OF IT IS ALLOWING THAT MONEY TO BE--I'M WITH YOU ON THE SPENDING.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE GETTING A GOOD BANG FOR OUR BUCK.

YOU GUYS DID AN AWESOME JOB IN GETTING ALL THE INFORMATION OUT ABOUT VOTING, BUT WHAT DID WE COME UP WITH AT THE NUMBERS?

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I MEAN, AND I'M NOT FAULTING YOU.

YOU GUYS DID INCREDIBLE.

I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH MORE IT DOES.

I LIKE THE IDEA.

I REALLY DO, BUT YOUR VIEWERSHIP IN A SMALL AREA IS VERY LIMITED AND THE DOLLAR AMOUNT PER VIEWS, I HAVE A CONCERN ABOUT THAT.

I THINK IT'S FIXABLE, BUT WE GOT TO I NEED TO THINK ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT AND TALK TO SOME OTHER PEOPLE, TOO, BUT I LIKE THAT CONCEPT. YOU KNOW, HAVING THE NOW WHEN WE HAVE THINGS LIKE THE ELECTION, YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T GET THE SIGNS OUT TILL LATE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ON ME. WE DON'T HAVE INFORMATION TO OUR CITIZENS THAT'S JUST IN FRONT OF THEM.

YOURS DOES, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF WE'VE GOT ENOUGH TRAFFIC TO DO WHAT WE REALLY NEED.

SO, I THINK IT'S GOT POSSIBILITIES, BUT I'M KIND OF LIKE, RONNIE, I DON'T WANT TO SPEND THAT MUCH MONEY ON A 77 INCH TV.

I'M WITH YOU, AND IT DOES GO BACK TO WHAT IS THE PURPOSE? IS IT JUST TO EDUCATE PEOPLE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OLD TOWN BECAUSE THEY'RE ONLY DOWN THERE IN OLD TOWN TO SEE IT.

SO YOU'D HAVE TO BE ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO VISITS OLD TOWN.

SO I THINK THAT AND WHAT I REMEMBER KIND OF THE THOUGHT PROCESS WOULD BE IS WE HAVE ALL THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING TO OLD TOWN AND IT'S KIND OF THAT MOMENT WHERE WE CAN GRAB THEM TO GIVE THEM CITY INFORMATION.

SO WHETHER THAT'S COUNCIL MEETINGS OR ELECTIONS OR EVENTS OR HOW TO PAY YOUR WATER BILL IN A DIFFERENT WAY IN THESE MAY NOT ALL BE BURLESON RESIDENTS THAT ARE DOWN THERE, BUT IT DOES CATCH THEM IN A MOMENT WHERE THEY ARE KIND OF OUT AND ABOUT AND WE CAN GIVE THEM A TIDBIT OF CITY INFORMATION.

SO THAT'S KIND OF THE THOUGHT. SO HOW DO WE DO THAT ON A LARGER SCALE COST EFFECTIVELY? YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING? OH, YES, SIR. YOU KNOW, MAYBE MAYBE WE NEED ONE AT THE BALLPARK, BUT WE GOT HOW MANY FIELDS OUT THERE, HOW MANY PEOPLE IS GOING TO SEE THAT ONE SIGN? THERE'S ALSO SOME THOUGHT PROCESS.

IT MAKES IT EASIER BECAUSE THE PLAZA'S OUR CARS, BUT BRIAN AND I TALKED ABOUT THE MAIN PART NEAR FRESCOS AND BABE'S GETS A LOT MORE TRAFFIC KIND OF NORMALLY. SO MAYBE WE CAN INVESTIGATE IF YOU WANT MORE TRAFFIC TO PUT IT IN A HIGHER TRAFFIC AREA IN OLD TOWN, BUT OLD TOWN DOES GET A LOT OF THE PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC ON A DAILY BASIS, BUT THE CHISENHALL SPORTS PARK IS A GOOD ONE AS WELL.

SO HOW MUCH IS THAT REPEAT, THOUGH? I'M SORRY? HOW MUCH IS THAT REPEAT? YEAH, I DON'T KNOW. HOW MANY PEOPLE EAT DOWN THERE, THE SAME PERSON, TWO OR THREE TIMES A WEEK? BUT WE'LL HAVE NEW THINGS.

WE CONTROL THE CONTENT, SO WE WILL UPDATE IT WHENEVER WE HAVE EVENTS OR WHATEVER THE NEED IS, WE CONTROL THE CONTENT.

IS THERE ANOTHER FUND THIS COULD COME FROM? ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, HOTEL/MOTEL? RIGHT NOW WE HAVE IT PLANNED OUT, IT WAS BUDGETED IN THE GENERAL FUND.

I SUPPOSE IT COULD BE A TIF EXPENDITURE IF YOU WANTED TO USE IT FROM THE DOWNTOWN TIF.

THE OTHER ALTERNATIVE I WOULD THROW OUT TO THE COUNCIL IS YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO TWO.

WE PUT IN HERE FOR TWO SIGNS.

YOU COULD DO JUST ONE EXPERIMENT, MAYBE A DIFFERENT LOCATION THAT WE COULD CONSIDER FOR ONE SIGN.

WE DO HAVE WHEN THE NEW BUILDING IS GOING TO BE BUILT ACROSS ELLISON STREET OR CITY OFFICE, THAT COULD BE THERE.

WE COULD ALSO LOOK AT IF YOU DON'T WANT TO HAVE THE OUTDOOR KIOSK SIGN, IS THERE SOMETHING THAT WE COULD DO IN COMBINATION WITH THAT, WITH THE QR CODES AND A VISUAL DISPLAY THAT CAN BE VISIBLE FROM THE WINDOW OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT WE COULD TRY.

OR THAT I DIDN'T THINK ABOUT THE ELLISON STREET LOCATION.

THERE IS A TV THERE--WHEN YOU COME IN.

YES, CORRECT. YES, YES, RIGHT.

RIGHT. YEP, AND THERE IS A TV THERE.

WE CAN WORK ON THAT.

THE PROBLEM IS THE GLASSES ARE TINTED, BUT WE CAN WE CAN DEFINITELY INVESTIGATE OTHER OPTIONS AND BRING YOU OTHER OPTIONS, WHICH IS COMPLETELY, YOU KNOW, THAT'S GREAT FOR US.

WE CAN GET MORE CREATIVE, BUT WE DID TALK ABOUT THE KIOSKS AND WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE FOLLOWED BACK UP WITH YOU GUYS, AND IT'S SO COSTLY BECAUSE IT'S OUTSIDE IN THE ELEMENTS 24/7, RAIN, HOT, WHATEVER, WIND, HAIL, YES, ALL OF THAT.

SO IT JUST HAS TO BE BUILT TO WITHSTAND IT.

IF THERE'S A DIFFERENT OPTION YOU WANT TO LOOK AT, WE'RE CERTAINLY WILLING TO DO THAT.

I CAN FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE IF WE DID ONE AND WE BROUGHT IT OUT OF THE OLD TOWN TIF INSTEAD OF OUT OF THE GENERAL.

I COULD FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE TRYING ONE AND JUST HAVE IT COMES BACK TO WHERE YOU SAID IT.

I MEAN, WHEN YOU GOT BUILDINGS THAT CLOSE TOGETHER, FIVE FEET MEANS THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T SEE IT.

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YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING? I DO, BUT WE ALSO HAVE THE HOT SOUNDS OF SUMMER COMING UP.

THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THERE THAT COME IN.

YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS THE INFORMATION GOES, THERE'S GOING TO BE PEOPLE SEEING THAT FOR THE FIRST TIME THAT MAY NOT EVEN BE FROM OUR AREA AND THEY MAY SEE NEW THINGS COME IN, DIFFERENT RESTAURANTS IF WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT.

SO I THINK THE NARRATIVE BECOMES WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THIS AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO USE IT FOR? YEAH, THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS HERE, THE LOGISTICS OF WHERE PEOPLE GO AND WHO'S GOING TO SEE IT.

I MEAN, PEOPLE CUT ACROSS STREETS.

THE INTERSECTION IS NOT USED LIKE AN INTERSECTION FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE 45 DEGREES ACROSS THE ROAD AND THROUGH THE PARKING LOT, AND HOW DO YOU HOW DO YOU CONCENTRATE THE VIEW FOR THE DOLLAR AMOUNT? I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER FOR YOU, DEANNA.

I'M SORRY. THAT'S FINE.

WELL, WHAT'S THE DIRECTION? WE HAVE DIRECTION HERE FOR THEM? I'LL SAY THIS TOO.

WE'RE ALSO NOT CONSIDERING THE FOLKS THAT NEVER LOOK AT IT AT ALL, AND THEY'RE MOST CERTAINLY PEOPLE THAT WON'T LOOK AT IT, AND AGAIN, THAT'S THE REASON I SAY I THINK IT'S AN ILL-SPENDING OF MONEY IN THAT DIRECTION.

I THINK THERE'S A BETTER WAY TO DO IT.

SURELY, DEANNA, WE CAN FIND A BETTER WAY.

BECAUSE, NUMBER ONE, I THINK IT'S TOO SMALL, AND I DON'T LIKE THE SIDE BY SIDE AT ALL BECAUSE I MEAN, IF WE'RE GOING TO DO IT, YOU PUT ONE AT BOTH ENDS, IT APPEARS TO ME, WHICH I WOULDN'T BE FOR THAT EITHER.

THE THOUGHT WOULD BE TO PUT ONE AT EACH ENDS OF THE SIGN.

SO ONE NEXT TO THE INTERURBAN BUILDING AND THE ONE ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE.

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THAT WOULD BE THE THOUGHT, BUT I MEAN, WE CAN LOOK AT MULTIPLE OTHER OPTIONS AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE PROBLEM WITH MARKETING IS I CAN'T FORCE PEOPLE TO LOOK AT MY STUFF.

WELL, I LIKE THEIR POINTS.

LET'S TRY TO GET CREATIVE.

I THINK YOU COULD CUT THE FILM IN THE FRONT FOYER HERE AND PUT A TV THERE.

I MEAN, AND THEN I REALLY LIKE THE IDEA WHEN WE BUILD THE NEW OFFICE, BUT THAT COULD GIVE BOTH SIDES, AND THEN LET'S WAIT FOR THIS OTHER BUILDING TO GET UP AND SEE WHERE WE GO FROM THERE. THAT SOUNDS GOOD TO ME.

FIGURE OUT THE CONTENT WE'RE GOING TO PUT ON THERE, TOO.

I DON'T AGREE WITH ADVERTISING WITH SMALL BUSINESSES OR ANY BUSINESS, BECAUSE THAT PUTS YOU IN A DIFFICULT POSITION OF KEEPING TRACK OF THE CONTENT.

WHO'S GOING TO DO THAT? THEY WOULD HAVE TO PROVIDE THEIR OWN.

YEAH, AND THEN WHAT MATT SAID ALSO, WE DON'T WANT TO BE THE--YES, YOU CAN AND NO, YOU CAN'T.

WE CAN'T DO THAT.

WELL, I WILL PUT ON MY CREATIVE MARKETING HAT.

I THINK THE CITY HAS ENOUGH INFORMATION TO PUSH OUT AND IT COULD EASILY GET BOGGED DOWN, BUT I WAS THINKING ALSO IF IT IS INDOOR, THERE'S OPPORTUNITY THEN FOR TOUCH SCREEN IF LIKE WE UTILIZE THE ELLISON, IT BECOMES A LOT CHEAPER.

SO I THINK THERE'S SOME OTHER POSSIBILITIES TO EXPLORE.

I KNOW YOU ALL ARE VERY CREATIVE WE'RE GOING TO FIGURE OUT SOMETHING.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DEANNA.

I AGREE. I THINK DEFINITELY, LET'S LOOK AT SOME DIFFERENT STUFF.

TV SCREENS THEMSELVES AREN'T THAT EXPENSIVE, AND, YOU KNOW, WE JUST HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.

DEFINITELY NOT 40K FOR A TV.

THANK YOU. I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO SAY THIS, BUT I'M GOING TO SAY IT ANYWAY.

SO TAKE A STEP BACK, MARTIN.

[LAUGHTER] STAFF, WE BUDGETED FOR THIS.

WE TALKED ABOUT THIS.

WE HAD THESE DISCUSSIONS.

WE ALL THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD IDEA.

I REALLY DON'T LIKE YO-YO-ING AND STAFF BACK AND FORTH ABOUT GIVING THEM AN IDEA, GIVING THEM A BUDGET, AND THEN TURNING AROUND AND SAYING EH, NO THANKS.

I THINK THIS WAS A GOOD IDEA FROM THE START.

THE ONLY SUGGESTION I WAS GOING TO TAKE OFF WITH WHEN THIS ALL STARTED WAS WHY NOT TOUCH SCREENS? IT SEEMS TO ME LIKE THAT'S MUCH MORE EFFECTIVE A WAY TO GET INFORMATION ACROSS IF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT IT AND BE ABLE TO DIG DEEPER FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, THEN WHY NOT? IT'S AN INCREMENT IN COST, BUT WITH THE INCREMENT, AS I RECALL, THE NUMBERS YOU READ OFF IT ONLY GO SLIGHTLY OVER BUDGET, NOT DRASTICALLY OVER BUDGET.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE ALL GOING TO COME TO AN AGREEMENT.

OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE NOT TONIGHT, BUT I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY, WHEN WE GIVE STAFF A TASK TO DO, I'D LIKE TO SEE IT FOLLOWED THROUGH AND LET'S GO ON AND DO WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT.

THE NUMBER WASN'T A SURPRISE.

WE SAID AT 50,000 AND WE'RE RIGHT IN THAT BALLPARK RANGE, WE MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT OVER A LITTLE BIT UNDER DEPENDING ON THE OPTIONS, BUT ANYWAY, I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK YOU PUT INTO TRYING TO GET THE OPTIONS DONE.

JIMMY, TO YOUR POINT, I DON'T LIKE THE IDEA OF EVEN GETTING INTO THE MUDDY MIASMA OF TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT CAN AND CAN'T GO ON THERE AS

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FAR AS A COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISE GOES.

I WOULD RUN LIKE HELL FROM TRYING TO GET IT--I WOULDN'T MIND HAVING SOME SORT OF WAYFINDING PROGRAM BUILT INTO THE THING WHERE PEOPLE

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CAN LOOK AT THE KIOSK AND HAVE A MAP TO LOOK AT WHERE THE VARIOUS ATTRACTIONS ARE DOWNTOWN, AND SOME OF THOSE ATTRACTIONS WILL BE PRIVATE BUSINESSES, BUT WE CAN MAKE THAT LIST OURSELVES AND PUT THEM ON THE MAP WITHOUT INVOKING ANY FREEDOM OF SPEECH CONCERNS.

SO I'M STILL IN SUPPORT OF THE ORIGINAL IDEA OF DOING THIS, AND PERHAPS WE WON'T GET THERE TONIGHT, BUT I'M NOT GIVING IT UP.

SO THAT'S WHERE I'M AT.

THERE YOU GO. WE HAVE TO SET EACH OTHER APART HERE, COUNTERBALANCE ONE ANOTHER.

THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

SURE. ALL RIGHT, MARTIN.

SORRY ABOUT THAT. THAT WAS A GREAT QUESTION.

[CHUCKLING] ITEM 8(C) IS RECEIVE A REPORT, HOLD A DISCUSSION AND GIVE STAFF DIRECTION REGARDING AN UPDATE ON FINANCIAL OVERVIEW OF THE GENERAL DEBT SERVICE FUND AND RECEIVE ANY ADDITIONAL DIRECTION FROM THE CITY COUNCIL REGARDING THE ANNUAL BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022 TO 2023.

THE STAFF PRESENTER IS MARTIN AVILA, FINANCE DIRECTOR.

MR. AVILA, WELCOME.

THANK YOU.

MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THIS TOPIC IN REGARDS TO THE GENERAL DEBT SERVICE FINANCIAL OVERVIEW AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT AS WE ARE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BUDGET PROCESS, WE WILL BE PRESENTING VARIOUS FUNDS, AND THE INTERESTING PART ABOUT GOVERNMENT IS THE

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VARIOUS GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS THAT WE HAVE AND THEY ALL HAVE A DIFFERENT PURPOSE, AND THE DEBT SERVICE FUND, ITS PURPOSE IS TO BE ABLE TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH REVENUE TO PAY OUR DEBT SERVICE PAYMENTS, AND SO THE SOURCE OF REVENUE FOR THIS IS THE DEBT TAX RATE PORTION OF THE TOTAL PROPERTY TAX RATE, AND SO WITH THAT, AS A RESULT OF THE MAY 7TH ELECTIONS AND THE APPROVAL OF BOTH PROPOSITION A FOR STREETS AND PROPOSITION B FOR PUBLIC SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS AND EQUIPMENT, NOW WE CAN MOVE FORWARD AND TALK ABOUT WHAT WHAT THAT MEANS IN REGARDS TO THE DEBT SERVICE RATE AND PRELIMINARY NUMBERS OF TAXES AND WHERE WE GO FROM THERE.

SO KIND OF GIVING A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY, CURRENTLY IN THIS FISCAL YEAR, OUR DEBT RATE IS .1885 PER $100 VALUE.

THE TOTAL RATE IS 0.6859, BUT IF YOU SEE HISTORICALLY, YOU'LL SEE HOW OVER TIME WE'VE BEEN GOING DOWN TO REDUCING THAT RATE. SO KIND OF WANT TO GIVE YOU THAT PERSPECTIVE THERE.

[A. 8304 Whispering Meadows Rd, Lot 25R, of Whispering Meadows (Case 22-035): Hold a public hearing and consider approval of an ordinance amending ordinance B-582, the zoning ordinance of the City of Burleson, Texas, by amending the official zoning map and changing the zoning on approximately 2.9 acres of land, addressed as 8304 Whispering Meadows Rd, known as lot Lot 25R, being a portion of Lot 25, Whispering Meadows an addition to Johnson County, Texas, from A, Agricultural to SFE, Single-family Estate, making this ordinance cumulative of prior ordinances, providing a severability clause; providing a penalty clause, and providing for an effective date. (First and Final Reading) (Staff Presenter: Tony McIlwain, Director of Development Services) (The Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval unanimously)]

AS OF 9/30/2021 OF OUR TOTAL DEBT, PRINCIPAL DEBT WAS ABOUT $142 MILLION, OF WHICH THE TAX SUPPORTED DEBT AND THAT'S A TERM THAT WE'LL USE QUITE A BIT AND YOU'LL HEAR IT OFTEN.

THE TAX SUPPORTED DEBT IS THE DEBT PORTION THAT'S GENERATED THROUGH THE DEBT RATE THAT'S REFLECTED IN THE DEBT SERVICE FUND, AND SO THAT'S THE PORTION THAT WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON GOING FORWARD AS IT RELATES TO THE BOND PROGRAM.

PROPOSITION A, PROPOSITION B, WHAT PUBLIC WORKS WILL BE INTRODUCING AS A FIVE YEAR CIP PLAN FOR THIS.

SO THAT KIND OF GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF WHERE YOU HAVE THE TAX SUPPORTED DEBT AND ALL OF THE OTHER DEBT WE CONSIDER SELF SUPPORTING DEBT.

SO THE REVENUES THAT ARE GENERATED WITHIN THOSE FUNDS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PAYMENT OF THEIR DEBT ACCORDINGLY , AND AGAIN, YOU'LL ALWAYS HEAR ME SAY THIS IS THAT ALL BONDS AS IT RELATES TO DEBT MUST ONLY BE USED FOR CAPITAL AND NOT OPERATIONS.

SO THAT IS A VERY IMPORTANT PROCESS OF THAT.

THIS KIND OF GIVES YOU A LITTLE BREAKOUT BETWEEN GO BONDS, CO BONDS AND REVENUE BONDS, AND IT JUST GIVES YOU A RECAP.

GO BONDS ARE VOTER APPROVED.

CO BONDS KIND OF GO THROUGH THE INTENT TO ISSUE PROCESS, AND THE REVENUE BONDS IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE'VE MOVED AWAY FROM, BECAUSE WHEN YOU USE THE PLEDGING OF THE CITY AND THE TAX RATE, IT ALLOWS YOU A LOT LESS INTEREST GOING FORWARD.

SO THAT'S A LOT OF SAVINGS THERE.

THIS IS ANOTHER VIEW OF THE TAX SUPPORTED DEBT.

IT KIND OF TALKS ABOUT THE AMORTIZATION OF THAT DEBT FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR GOING THROUGH THE END OF 2040 WHEN ALL THAT DEBT WILL BE PAID OFF, AND SO THIS IS IN ESSENCE, EXISTING DEBT AND HOW YOU PAY THAT OVER TIME.

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THIS IS IMPORTANT, AS WE TALKED ABOUT THE PRELIMINARY ASSUMPTIONS.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I ADDED INTO THIS WAS THE INTEREST RATE THAT I'M USING.

I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, BUT WHAT DOES THAT INTEREST RATE? AND SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE PUT THAT IN THERE IN REGARDS TO THE MODEL, BUT AGAIN, BASED UPON PRELIMINARY APPRAISALS THAT WE RECEIVED IN APRIL FROM BOTH THE JOHNSON COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT AND THE TARRANT COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT, WE ARE KIND OF ESTIMATING ABOUT 8.4% GROWTH FROM LAST YEAR'S BASE.

SO THAT'S THAT IS ONE THING THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW, AND THEN GOING FORWARD, WE HAVE, AGAIN, A 3% CONSERVATIVE GROWTH GOING FORWARD AS IT RELATES TO NEW CONSTRUCTION BASED UPON THOSE PRELIMINARIES.

WE'RE AT ABOUT $148 MILLION OF NEW GROWTH THAT'S BEING ADDED TO THE BASE AS PART OF THIS YEAR, AND AGAIN, WHAT WE DO GOING FORWARD IS WE'LL START WITH 125 MILLION AND WE'LL GRADUALLY GO 5% FORWARD, JUST JUST TO HAVE A NUMBER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KNOW THAT WE'RE PICKING UP SOME KIND OF GROWTH GOING FORWARD.

THAT NUMBER CAN BE A LOT HIGHER GOING INTO NEXT YEAR, BUT RIGHT NOW, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE BASING OUR PROJECTIONS FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

AND AGAIN, BECAUSE WE HAVE THIS GROWTH, WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING CURRENTLY IS TO AND AGAIN, PRELIMINARY, BECAUSE THIS IS JUST PRELIMINARY ROLES, OUR FINAL CERTIFIED ROLL WILL NOT COME UNTIL JULY 25TH, BUT IF OUR PROJECTIONS ARE RIGHT, THEN WE WOULD PROPOSE A REDUCTION OF THE DEBT RATE BY $0.05 BECAUSE THAT GROWTH IS SO HIGH.

WE WANT TO CAPTURE A CERTAIN PART OF THAT TO CONTINUE TO BE ABLE TO GO FORWARD WITH THE DEBT RATE.

SO BY DOING THAT, IT'S A BALANCE BETWEEN REDUCING THAT RATE AND STILL BE ABLE TO COVER OUR DEBT SERVICE PAYMENTS.

SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE DOING IN REGARDS TO OUR ASSUMPTIONS.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'RE INTRODUCING THAT HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION.

WE STARTED AT ONE 1% THIS YEAR.

WE'RE GOING TO DO A 2% GOING FORWARD.

SO THIS PROJECTION FOR THE DEBT SERVICE FUND HAS THOSE INCREMENTAL INCREASES OF OUR HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION AS WELL.

SO THERE'S TWO FACTORS GOING ON IN THIS.

THERE'S A FIVE CENT REDUCTION AND THEN THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL 1% OF HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION THAT WILL BE INTRODUCING INTO THIS PROCESS, AND BECAUSE OF THE INTEREST RATES HAVE BEEN GOING UP AND WE'VE BEEN MONITORING THAT, WORKING CLOSELY WITH OUR FINANCIAL ADVISORS, ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS WAS TO GO AHEAD AND USE A 4.5% INTEREST RATE IN OUR PROJECTION AND THEN 5% GOING FORWARD, THEY HAVEN'T REACHED THAT.

THEY'RE PROBABLY AT 3.9 CURRENTLY; THEY'VE INCREASED DRASTICALLY.

[B. Ordinance Amendments to Code of Ordinances Appendix A - Subdivision and Development (Case 21-099): Consider approval of an ordinance amending the Burleson Code of Ordinances as found in Appendix A (Subdivision and Development), Article 1 (General Provisions), Article 2 (Platting Policies), Article 3 (Plat Requirements), Article 4 (Community Facilities Policy, and Article 9 (Appendicies - Community Facilities Contract) for the purpose of modifying platting approval authority, modifying the final plat and replat policies, designating the planning and zoning commission as the approval body for final plats and replats within the city limits, and amending the form community services contract. (First Reading) (Staff Presenter: Tony McIlwain, Director of Development Services) ]

DON'T KNOW IF THEY FEEL THAT MAYBE THEY'RE STABILIZING A LITTLE BIT.

THEY JUST DON'T KNOW.

IT'S SO ERRATIC RIGHT NOW BECAUSE INFLATION ON THE OTHER END IS PROBABLY ABOUT 9%, AND SO YOU HAVE THAT BIG VARIANCE BETWEEN THE INTEREST RATE AND THE INFLATION RATE, AND SO THAT'S THE BALANCE THAT THE FEDERAL RESERVE IS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT AS WELL.

SO WITH THAT, AND I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU ANOTHER GRAPH AFTER THIS.

THIS MODEL THAT YOU SEE RIGHT THERE IS BASED UPON THOSE ASSUMPTIONS THAT GROWTH, AND IT ALSO INCLUDES THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM PUBLIC WORKS AS IT RELATES TO HOW THEY WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE FIVE YEAR PLAN OF THE BOND PROGRAM, AND SO IF YOU LOOK AT THIS AT THE END FROM FISCAL YEAR 23 FORWARD, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO INCUR AND FUND AN $88 MILLION BOND PROGRAM BASED UPON A 4.5% INTEREST RATE, 5% THEREAFTER, AND SO IF YOU LOOK AT FISCAL YEAR 25, 26, 27, YOU DO SEE THAT NEGATIVE THAT NEGATIVE AMOUNT, BUT AGAIN, YOU HAVE A FUND BALANCE THAT HAS BEEN MAINTAINED THERE BASED UPON SOME OF THE GROWTH, AND YOU'RE ABLE TO USE THAT TO COVER ALL OF THAT, WHATEVER EXCESS DEBT THAT YOU'RE INCURRING AT THAT POINT.

DO YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS IN REGARDS TO THAT? THAT'S A LOT OF INFORMATION YOU'RE SEEING THERE.

ANYBODY? I THINK WE'RE STUNNED. HOW FAR DOES THAT CONTINUE AND CAN IT SUSTAIN IT BEING A NEGATIVE EFFECT ON THE FUND? ACTUALLY, WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT AT THAT POINT, THE NEXT YEAR, BECAUSE THERE'S ALSO A TEN YEAR THAT WE LOOK AT AS WELL, AND I COULD ALWAYS PRESENT THAT THIS THIS

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YEAR, THEN IT TURNS, AND KEEPS GOING UP.

SO THIS IS THE LAST YEAR WHAT YOU'RE SEEING THERE.

THAT'S THE LAST YEAR OF THAT NEGATIVE BECAUSE THE GROWTH CONTINUES AND IT'LL CONTINUE TO GO UP.

YOU'RE NOT GOING DOWN AS A NEGATIVE THROUGHOUT THAT TIME.

YOU ACTUALLY HAVE THE PAY DOWN OF EXISTING DEBT THAT WILL ALLOW YOU TO DO ANOTHER BOND PROGRAM.

AT THAT POINT, THAT'S THE SLIDE.

SO IN ESSENCE, THE BALANCE OF YOUR THREE THINGS HAPPENING, THERE'S THREE THINGS HAPPENING IN THIS PROCESS IS YOU'RE PAYING YOUR OLD DEBT DOWN AND THEN YOU'RE INCURRING THAT BOND PROGRAM, WHICH IS THE GRADE, AND AGAIN, THE IDEA IS THAT YOU WILL ALWAYS CONTINUE TO HAVE GROWTH AND TWO THINGS WHEN THE SUMMIT STARTS COMING FULL, FULL, FULL BLAST, AND THEN THE VALUES OF INCREASES THAT [INAUDIBLE] WILL HAVE AND WHAT IT WILL HAVE AROUND THE OTHER COMMUNITIES AS WELL, AND SO THE IDEA IS NOT TO TAKE ALL OF THAT TEN, 15, WHATEVER PERCENT OF GROWTH IS THAT WE'RE ONLY TRYING TO CAPTURE 3%, AND WHY WE SAY 3% IS BECAUSE COMPENSATION IS 3%, COULD BE 3.5%, IT COULD BE THINGS, AND SO YOU ALWAYS WANT TO BE SURE THAT YOU COVER THOSE EXPENSES AS THOSE EXPENSES CONTINUE TO GROW.

YOU WANT TO HAVE THAT SENSE OF REVENUE GROWING AS WELL, AND THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THAT, AND AGAIN, IF YOU LOOK AT YEAR 29 TO 30, YOU'LL START CREATING A NEW CAPACITY AT THAT POINT, AND THAT'S JUST BASED UPON THIS PROJECTION.

THINGS COULD CHANGE AND YOU'LL HAVE A WHOLE DIFFERENT NEXT YEAR, WE COULD HAVE A DIFFERENT VIEW OF THAT AS WELL.

SO THIS WILL ALWAYS CHANGE EACH YEAR AS WE DEPART, DEPENDING ON HOW THE MARKET MOVES COULD GO UP AND DOWN, AND THEN WE'LL ADJUST TO THAT ACCORDINGLY AND WE'LL MAKE DECISIONS BASED UPON THAT.

SO I'M GOING TO ASSUME THAT WE MADE THE CHOICE TO HAVE A FLUCTUATING INTEREST RATE VERSUS A LOCKED OR I DON'T EVEN KNOW--I JUST QUICKLY LOOKED IT UP? CAN YOU DO A LOCKED RATE FOR MUNICIPAL BONDS? SAY THAT AGAIN? CAN YOU FIT A FIXED RATE ON A MUNICIPAL BOND? THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHAT WE DO.

WE DO A FIXED RATE OVERALL.

IT'S A FIXED RATE OVER A 20 YEAR PERIOD, BUT WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE BONDS IS THAT YOU COULD HAVE THE SHORTER TIME, IT COULD BE A LOWER RATE, AND AS YOU GET FURTHER OUT, IT COULD BE A HIGHER RATE, BUT THE RANGE OF ALL OF THAT, AS YOU'RE PAYING OUT THESE BONDS, IT WILL HAVE AN AVERAGE RATE OF INTEREST, AND SO THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SEEING.

IT COULD BE A 3%, IT COULD BE A 5%, AND SO, AGAIN, BECAUSE THE BONDS ARE SOLD IN INCREMENTS OF 5000, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT 5000 HAS A RATE ASSOCIATE TO IT BASED UPON WHEN THAT MATURES, AND SO YOU HAVE THAT 20 YEAR WINDOW, AND WHAT WE DO IS THAT RATE THAT AVERAGES OUT AS TO HOW YOU'RE PAYING THAT.

SO JUST TO MAKE SURE WE'RE CLEAR ON THIS, WE'LL BE ISSUING A 20 YEAR BOND.

THERE IS A FIXED INTEREST RATE THAT IS APPLIED FOR THAT 20 YEAR BOND THAT WILL PAY.

WHAT I THINK MARTIN WAS TRYING TO SHOW YOU IN THE EARLIER SLIDE IS WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT INTEREST RATE IS GOING TO BE IN 24 OR 25.

WE'RE MAKING AN ESTIMATE AND TRYING TO BE CONSERVATIVE WITH THAT FIGURE.

IT WON'T BE 4.5% EVEN OR 5% EVEN, BUT THAT'S JUST AN ESTIMATE FOR FINANCIAL PLANNING PURPOSES.

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SO WE COULD DO A FORECAST FOR YOU.

SO HOPEFULLY THAT HELPS.

YEAH. OKAY. MISUNDERSTOOD.

MY APOLOGIES, AND SO WITH ALL OF THAT, THIS IS THE FIVE YEAR CIP PLAN.

I THINK ERIC OSCAR SAID WE WILL BE PRESENTING THIS LATER IN MORE DETAIL, BUT IN ESSENCE, THIS IS HOW THAT CIP AND THE DEBT SERVICE PAYMENTS AND THE DEBT SERVICE FUND PROJECTIONS ARE BASED UPON, IN ESSENCE, HOW THIS IS GOING TO BE PRESENTED. IF PROJECTS HAVE MOVED FURTHER OUT, THEN THAT WILL CHANGE THE DEBT SERVICE ACCORDINGLY.

BUT ALL OF THE ISSUANCE OF DEBT WILL IN ESSENCE BE ACCORDING TO HOW THIS IS BEING PLANNED CURRENTLY, AND ERIC IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY DETAILS AS IT RELATES TO THIS SLIDE.

SO A COUPLE OF THINGS JUST TO MENTION TO YOU ABOUT THIS SCHEDULE IS OBVIOUSLY THE DESIGN FOR A LOT OF THESE PROJECTS HAS TO OCCUR FIRST AND THERE ARE SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT ARE IN THE SAME CORRIDOR.

SO HULEN IS ONE OF THOSE CORRIDORS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, AS WELL AS HULEN AND ALSBURY, THAT BRIDGE OF NOT TRYING TO DO THOSE PROJECTS ALL AT THE SAME TIME, TO HAVE SOME PROJECTS THAT COME FIRST AND OTHERS THAT COME LATER.

SO THAT'S KIND OF BEEN THE DESIGN BEHIND THIS.

THE PD EXPANSION, WE WILL BE LOOKING AT BRINGING IN AN ARCHITECT RELATIVELY SOON.

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WE'D LIKE TO HAVE A CONTRACT FOR AN ARCHITECT LATE SUMMER, PERHAPS AUGUST OR SEPTEMBER, TIMEFRAME THAT WE WILL COME BACK AND ASK YOU FOR A CONTRACT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE ARCHITECT, BUT FROM BEGINNING TO END, WE THINK THAT'S PROBABLY ABOUT A THREE YEAR PROJECT FROM BEGINNING OF THE DESIGN ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE END OF THE CONSTRUCTION.

SO THERE IS SOME MOVEMENT ON THOSE, BUT WITH THAT SAID, IF THERE ARE SOME PROJECTS THAT YOU'D LIKE TO MOVE AROUND AND TRY TO MOVE UP EARLIER, WE CAN CERTAINLY HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO MANEUVER THOSE.

THERE'S AN AMOUNT OF CAPACITY IN TERMS OF DEBT SERVICE THAT WE HAVE, SO WE HAVE TO WORK AROUND SOME OF THOSE NUMBERS IN MARTIN'S PROJECTIONS.

BUT IF THERE'S PROJECTS YOU'D LIKE TO MOVE UP EARLIER THAN WE HAVE ON THE SCHEDULE, WE'D BE GLAD TO TALK ABOUT THAT AND SEE WHAT YOU'D LIKE TO DO , AND SO AS I CONCLUDE THIS PRESENTATION, THE NEXT STEPS, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE GOING TO COME BACK IS TRY TO ISSUE SOME DEBT TOWARDS THE SUMMER AND TO START OFF THE BOND PROGRAM, WE ARE GOING TO RECOMMEND TO ISSUE BONDS FOR GOS THE $1.4 MILLION, WHICH IS RIGHT NOW IT IS THE FISCAL 22 PROPOSED PROJECT THAT THEY WANT TO GET STARTED AT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE GOING TO RECOMMEND.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, AT THE SAME TIME, TO ISSUE SOME COS FOR SELF SUPPORTING DEBT, AND THIS IS IN LINE WITH SOME OF THE REIMBURSEMENT RESOLUTIONS THAT WE HAVE SAID IN THE PAST, THE PARKS PROJECTS ABOUT $4 MILLION.

THE TIF AS IT RELATES TO THE ELLISON STREET PROJECT, ABOUT 3.2 MILLION AND THE WATER AND SEWER, APPROXIMATELY 6 MILLION FOR THE SEWER RELIEF LINE THAT WE HAVE WITH THE CITY OF FORT WORTH.

SO THAT'S RIGHT NOW, WHAT WE HAVE OPEN TO ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL MAY HAVE AS IT RELATES TO THIS.

ANYBODY. OH, GOOD.

IT'S LATE, ISN'T IT? THANK YOU, MARTIN. THANK YOU.

THAT BRINGS US MAYOR AND COUNCIL TO ITEM 8(D) RECEIVE A REPORT, HOLD A DISCUSSION AND GIVE STAFF DIRECTION REGARDING AN OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW AND PROPOSE FISCAL YEAR 2022 2023 BUDGET FOR THE BURLESON FIRE DEPARTMENT.

TONIGHT'S STAFF PRESENTER IS KT FREEMAN, FIRE CHIEF.

KT, I WAS A LITTLE SCARED.

I WAS LIKE, WHAT'S HE COMING HERE FOR? BUT OKAY.

WE BRING GOOD TIDINGS.

THANK YOU, AMANDA, FOR THAT INTRODUCTION.

MAYOR, COUNCIL, KT FREEMAN, FIRE CHIEF AND THE LAST TIME WE HAD JOSH JACOBS IN HERE, WE WERE CELEBRATING.

HE WAS THE EMPLOYEE OF THE QUARTER.

NOW I'D LIKE TO PRESENT TO YOU THE ASSISTANT CHIEF, JOSH JACOBS, AND GIVE HIM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE, AND HE'S BEEN NEWLY PROMOTED.

[APPLAUSE] NEWLY PROMOTED TO ASSISTANT CHIEF OVER COMMUNITY RISK REDUCTION AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AS WELL AS SUPPORT SERVICES, AND I'LL GET A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL WHEN I GET INTO MY PRESENTATION ABOUT JOSH'S NEW ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.

WHAT YOU'VE GOT THERE IS A PACKET AGAIN OF SOME GOODIES THAT I'LL BE TALKING ABOUT HERE IN JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ONE OF OUR PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT WE JUST KICKED OFF LAST WEEK WITH OUR [INAUDIBLE] PREVENTION EFFORTS.

I KNOW IT'S LATE.

PLEASE FEEL FREE TO SLOW ME DOWN.

I'M GOING TO BE HITTING THE HIGH POINTS, BUT ANY POINT, AS YOU KNOW, JUST STOP ME FOR A MORE THOROUGH DISCUSSION.

TONIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO BE DISCUSSING SOME OF OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND OUR ENHANCEMENTS AND THE DIFFERENT DIVISIONS OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT SOME RESPONSE DATA, SOME TRENDS THAT'S GOING ON THERE.

ALSO, WE'RE GETTING GREAT DIVIDENDS THAT SOME OF THE INVESTMENTS THAT THIS COUNCIL HAS TRUSTED US, THE CITY MANAGER WITH AND PAUL BRADLEY WITH SOME OF THE TECHNOLOGY, THE ADVANCEMENTS THAT WE'VE HAD IN OUR STATION ALERTING SYSTEMS AND OUR CALL PROCESSING, AND I'VE GOT SOME FUTURE CONSIDERATIONS FOR YOU TO CONSIDER AS WELL, AND THEN I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT SOME OVERALL IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE'VE MADE IN THE DEPARTMENT JUST FOR COST CONTAINMENT AND WHATNOT.

WELL, THE CROWN JEWEL IN OUR EYE IS CERTAINLY THAT WE CELEBRATED BACK IN OCTOBER OF THIS YEAR IS THE OPENING OF STATION 16.

WE WERE ALL THERE.

IT CONTINUES TO SERVE ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT STRATEGIC LOCATIONS THAT WE HAVE OF OUR FIRE STATIONS, THIS CITY, BESIDES IT BEING JUST ESTHETICALLY BEAUTIFUL AND SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ALL PROUD OF, BUT IT CERTAINLY IS MEETING AND WILL CONTINUE TO MEET THE STRATEGIC GOAL THAT WE HAD WHEN WE KICKED THIS PROJECT OFF.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN THAT.

JUST TO KIND OF GO DOWN MEMORY LANE A LITTLE BIT, THIS IS THE DAY THAT WE ALL CELEBRATED.

WE DEDICATED TRUCK 16 IN THE NAME OF DAWSON BARNES IN HIS MEMORY.

WE'VE GOT A GREAT LOGO THERE THAT REPRESENTS THE SPARTANS CENTENNIAL DAWSONS BASEBALL NUMBER AND OF COURSE HIS NICKNAME, THE LEGEND.

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REALLY GOOD WALK DOWN MEMORY LANE RIGHT THERE WHEN WE DID THE UNCOUPLING OF THE CEREMONY AND AS THERE'S CERTAINLY GOING TO BE MEMORIES THAT I WILL NEVER FORGET IN MY CAREER THAT I'M VERY, VERY THANKFUL FOR, THAT I WAS ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN IT AND SERVE YOU AS YOUR FIRE CHIEF DURING THIS TIME.

ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE'VE CELEBRATED, STATION 16, IF YOU RECALL LAST YEAR YOU SUPPORTED MY REQUEST TO HIRE SEVEN ADDITIONAL FIREFIGHTERS.

SIX OF THEM WERE TO STAFF SQUAD 16.

ONE WAS TO EXPAND ADMINISTRATIVE POSITION ONE OF OUR LIEUTENANTS POSITION THAT ROB MOORE SERVES IN NOW.

SO JANUARY OF THIS YEAR WE WERE ABLE TO BRING ON SQUAD 16.

SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THAT ACCOMPLISHMENT.

IT'S SERVING THE COMMUNITY WELL.

WE WERE ABLE TO HIRE NINE FIREFIGHTERS IN THAT.

AGAIN, YOU APPROVED 7 FTES, SIX OF WHICH FOR THE SQUAD THE ADMINISTRATIVE POSITION.

WE HAD TWO FIREFIGHTERS THAT RETIRED, SO WE WERE ABLE TO HIRE NINE FIREFIGHTERS LAST YEAR, WHICH WAS REALLY JUST FANTASTIC TO DO.

WE HAVE GOT AGAIN, THEY'RE MY TROOPS AND I BRAG ON THEM WE HAVE NOT MADE A BAD HIRE, AND SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, I MEAN, THEY JUST ARE INCREDIBLE YOUNG FOLKS AND HAVE THE BRIGHTEST FUTURE THAT I'VE SEEN IN A LONG, LONG TIME.

WELL, AMBULANCES, THOSE ARE ORDERED PAID FOR, AND WE HOPE THAT THEY WILL BE HERE SOMETIME AGAIN SOMEWHERE AROUND MAY OF NEXT YEAR. WE'RE KEEPING OUR FINGER ON THAT PULSE, AND WE HAVE PLAN A AND PLAN B JUST IN CASE WE GET A DELAY IN THAT, BUT WE'RE NOT EXPECTING ANY KIND OF DELAY ON IT. BUT I WILL AS THE YEAR GETS A LITTLE BIT FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD, I'LL KEEP THE COUNCIL APPRIZED AND THE COMMUNITY APPRIZED ON OUR STATUS OF THAT.

AS I WAS PUTTING THIS PRESENTATION TOGETHER, I THOUGHT, MY GOSH, WHAT A YEAR, WHAT A YEAR TO CELEBRATE AND THESE ACCOMPLISHMENTS, AND I SOMEWHAT WAS REMISS IN THINKING WE'VE GOT AN AERIAL LADDER COMING TOO AND THANK YOU FOR THAT SUPPORT.

IT SHOULD BE HERE SOMEWHERE AROUND JANUARY TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR, IT'S GOING TO BE 107 FOOT AERIAL QUINT IN JANUARY, FEBRUARY, AND IT'S PAID FOR AGAIN IN CASH.

WE'RE SENDING A CREW UP TO THE MANUFACTURER IN JUNE IN ABOUT TWO OR THREE WEEKS TO GO UP THERE AND DO AN INITIAL INSPECTION ON THAT.

WELL, ONE OF OUR BEDROCKS IN OUR COMMUNITY, RISK REDUCTION IS CERTAINLY OUR DROWNING PREVENTION EFFORTS.

IT CONTINUES TO BE SOMETHING THAT WE'RE VERY, VERY FOCUSED ON AND WE PUT A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT IN IT.

THIS IS ONE OF THE PROGRAMS THAT'S IN JOSH'S PORTFOLIO AND THAT HE'S RESPONSIBLE FOR.

I'LL DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO WHERE WE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE OR WE PROVIDED ABOUT 500 FREE DROWNING PREVENTION LESSONS, AND AGAIN, WE DIDN'T DO THAT ALONE. IT'S OUT OF THE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE ARE SO SUCCESSFULLY AND PROUD OF THAT WE BUILD BISD, COOK CHILDREN'S, SIGMA SWIM, TEXAS HEALTH RESOURCE BURLESON OF COURSE OUR BRICK AND THEN [INAUDIBLE] ARE SOME OF OUR GREAT SUSTAINED COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND IS ABLE TO HELP US PROVIDE FREE SWIMMING LESSONS FOR OVER 500 KIDDOS.

WE'VE DISTRIBUTED A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF DROWNING PREVENTION MATERIAL IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, OVER 3000 BAGS OF SIMILAR MATERIAL THAT YOU HAVE RIGHT THERE BEFORE YOU , AND WE'VE ALSO THIS YEAR BEEN ABLE TO INCLUDE OUR JISD SCHOOLS AS WELL, [INAUDIBLE] SPECIFICALLY, AND THEN NORTH JOSHUA HIGH SCHOOL ALSO RECEIVED THIS LITERATURE.

COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON AS YOU SAID EARLIER, WE'VE GOT SUPER SAFETY SATURDAY COMING UP THIS SATURDAY.

I WANT TO ENCOURAGE EVERYONE THAT CAN, ATTEND.

IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF FUN.

IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF ACTIVITIES, A LOT OF SAFETY STUFF THERE.

WE JUST APPRECIATE THE PARTNERSHIP WITH TEXAS HEALTH RESOURCE DOWN RIGHT IN OUR HOMETOWN, BURLESON, AND THE WEATHER I THINK IS GOING TO GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF BREAK, MAYBE BE A LITTLE BIT COOLER. SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE REALLY PUT FOCUS INTO IS OUR HANDS ON CPR.

WHEN WE DO THE DROWNING PREVENTION LESSONS, MOST OF THE TIME WE HAVE THE KIDDOS PARENTS THERE AND WE'LL ASK THEM TO PARTICIPATE AND HANDS ONLY CPR, AND OF COURSE, WE GO OUT THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY AS WELL, DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS, DIFFERENT PLACES THAT WILL TAKE THAT PROGRAM TO OUR COMMUNITY.

ANOTHER INITIATIVE THAT YOU'RE WELL AWARE OF IS OUR STOP THE BLEED COMMUNITY RISK REDUCTION EFFORTS AS WELL.

WELL, HERE WE GO. THIS IS OUR NEW INITIATIVE.

WE KICKED IT OFF JUST THIS PAST FRIDAY, AND IT'S.

YAY! YOU GOT A POOL? I GOT TO GIVE KUDOS TO DEANNA, I THINK SHE'S THE ONE THAT CAME UP WITH THAT TAGLINE, BUT WHAT THIS PROGRAM IS AND IF YOU RECALL, I MENTIONED THIS TO YOU, MAYBE FALL OF LAST YEAR THAT WE WERE KICKING THIS IDEA AROUND, BUT WHAT THIS IS, IT'S THE SLIDE SAYS WE USE THE CITY'S POOL PERMITTING PROCESS

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AND THEN WE HAVE THE PACKET THAT YOU HAVE RIGHT THERE, AND THEN WE JUST WENT OUT, WE STARTED THIS LAST FRIDAY, SO WE'LL GO TO PEOPLE'S HOMES ONCE THE POOL IS COMPLETED, AND WE GO WITH THE CREWS THAT'S IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S IN THEIR DISTRICT, AND WE SIMPLY GO UP AND TRY TO ENGAGE, TRY TO KNOCK OR WE KNOCK ON THE DOOR AND SEE IF SOMEONE'S THERE AND OUR CREWS INTRODUCE THEMSELVES AND THEY TELL THEM WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT, THAT WE'RE VERY DEDICATED TO POOL SAFETY AND DROWNING PREVENTION, OUR COMMUNITY, THEY GIVE A LITTLE HISTORY, A LITTLE BACKGROUND THAT WE'RE NOT THERE TO DO ANYTHING BUT BE GOOD NEIGHBORS AND GOOD PARTNERS WITH THEM.

WE OBVIOUSLY KNOW THAT THEY HAVE A POOL AND WE'VE GOT SOME INFORMATION TO GIVE THEM IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE IT.

WE'VE ALSO GOT A QR CODE THAT FOR THOSE THAT WANT US TO COME BACK AND MAYBE DO A LITTLE BIT MORE THOROUGH CONVERSATION, THERE'S THAT OPPORTUNITY AS WELL.

BUT WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF THIS PROGRAM AND WE THINK IT'S GOING TO BE VERY, VERY SUCCESSFUL , AND AGAIN, I WANTED TO GIVE YOU THAT KIT TO SHOW YOU THE TYPE OF RESOURCES THAT WE'RE PROVIDING TO OUR COMMUNITY.

CHIEF. YES, SIR.

I NOTICED THAT WE'RE DOING THIS THROUGH THE PERMITS, BUT IF A CITIZEN IS CONCERNED THAT MAYBE THEIR KIDS LIKE TO GO PLAY AT THE NEIGHBOR'S POOL, THAT YOU WOULD GO OUT AND VISIT WITH THEM, TOO? I WOULD HOPE. WE WILL VISIT WITH ANYONE THAT ASKS US TO.

AGAIN, WE ARE READILY AVAILABLE TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY AND SO MUCH OF THIS IS VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD, COUNCILMEMBER STANFORD BUT YES, WE 'LL GO OUT AND TALK TO ANYBODY THAT WANTS US TO--MORE THAN GLAD TO.

WELL, I'LL TRY AND GET YOU A LOT OF WORK THEN.

YEAH, WELL, IT'S A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR CREWS TO ENGAGE OUR COMMUNITY AND TO GET TO KNOW WHO THEY'RE SERVING AND WHO'S SERVING THEM.

SHIFTING GEARS A LITTLE BIT TOWARDS OUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND SOME OF THE SCHOOLING THAT WE'VE DONE, THE EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES.

I THINK IT WAS JUST LAST MONTH THAT WE HAD THE COUNCIL THERE AT STATION 16 AND WE DID A LITTLE BIT OF TABLETOP EXERCISE.

WE'VE ALSO DONE THAT WITH OUR DIRECTORS, AND SO WE'RE FOCUSED ON CONTINUALLY TRY TO LOOK AT OUR PROCESSES AND DEFINE THE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES LIKE WE HAD WHEN WE MET, I BELIEVE IT WAS JUST LAST MONTH.

SO I WANTED TO JUST SHARE WITH THE COUNCIL THAT IS ON OUR RADAR.

WE'VE GOT MORE TRAINING THAT WE NEED TO DO, AND WE'RE CERTAINLY TAKE THIS VERY, VERY SERIOUS, NOT ONLY WITH THE COUNCIL, BUT ALSO THE EMPLOYEES WITHIN THE CITY ITSELF. SOMETHING WE DON'T TALK ABOUT A LOT, BUT IT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT, WE'RE VERY, VERY PROUD OF AS OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR BISD AND THEN OUR DEPARTMENT WITH THE FIRE ACADEMY.

THOSE ARE PICTURES OF OUR SENIORS THAT WERE PARTICIPATING IN A LIVE FIRE DRILL ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO.

THAT PROGRAM IS INCREDIBLY POPULAR AND WE'RE VERY, VERY PROUD OF OUR FIREFIGHTERS WHO PARTICIPATE IN THIS, AND WE'RE CERTAINLY THANKFUL FOR OUR SUPPORT AND PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR BISD PEOPLE.

AS DR. JEFFERSON SAID, WE GROW OUR OWN, AND THE PURPOSE OF THIS IS TO GIVE OUR STUDENTS AT BOTH HIGH SCHOOLS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROGRAM AND SEE WHAT IT'S REALLY LIKE TO BE MERGED IN OUR CULTURE, AND THAT'S AT THE STATIONS, THAT'S WITH THE RIGS.

IT'S REAL LIFE EXPERIENCE IN THE FIRE SERVICE, AND THIS IS AN EXCITING PROGRAM.

THAT PICTURE IN THE LOWER LEFT HAND SIDE IS THE NINE SENIORS THAT PARTICIPATED IN OUR LIVE FIRE DRILL, AND THEY WORKED VERY, VERY HARD THAT DAY, AND AGAIN, WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THEM.

THE PROGRAM, AS I SAID, IT'S VERY SUCCESSFUL NEXT YEAR.

THE CLASSES ARE ALREADY FULL, ACCORDING TO WHAT ROB MOORE HAS TOLD US.

SO WE'RE HOPING IN THE YEARS TO COME, WE'LL HAVE A CHALLENGE OF HOW DO WE DO ANOTHER CLASS, HOW DO WE EXPAND THIS PROGRAM? BECAUSE IT IS BECOMING INCREDIBLY POPULAR.

OUR PUBLIC HEALTH, PICTURE OF DR.

MARTIN THERE, LED BY DR.

MARTIN, AND WHAT I WANT TOUCH ON THERE IS THAT PUBLIC HEALTH IS STILL GOING.

IT HAS SLOWED DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY, BUT THAT DOESN'T NEGATE THE FACT THAT WE'VE GIVEN OVER 56,000 VACCINES, ADMINISTERED A LOT OF TESTS.

WE'VE RELOCATED IT AT STATION TWO OFF OF MEMORIAL DRIVE.

WE'RE STILL UP AND RUNNING MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, 8 TO 5 AND FOR THE CALL CENTER, AND THEN OUR TESTING HOURS ARE THERE.

WE'VE ADJUSTED OUR TESTING AND OUR VACCINATION HOURS TO MEET THE DEMAND.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR COUNCIL TO KNOW THAT SINCE WE'VE HIT ONE OF THE MORE SIGNIFICANT LEVELS, WE HAVE SCALED BACK OUR STAFF AND FOUND EFFICIENCIES THERE AND THAT'S REFLECTED IN OUR BUDGET, AND AGAIN, WE'RE ALSO HERE TO CONTINUE TO SERVE.

THERE'S STILL A NEED THERE, AND I THINK WE'VE DONE THIS TO THIS PROGRAM WHAT WE DO WITH EVERYTHING, WE RUN IT VERY EFFECTIVELY AND VERY EFFICIENTLY, AND IT'S

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SCALABLE. LET'S LOOK AT SOME RESPONSE DATA.

I DON'T WANT TO ATTRIBUTE IT TO COVID BECAUSE IT'S JUST NOT EMS. IT'S KIND OF ALL OF OUR CALLS, AND SO IT COULD JUST BE THAT, YOU KNOW, 2022 IS JUST A VERY BUSY YEAR OR 21 TO 22 IS INCREASING.

SO WE'RE ALSO TRENDING FOR THIS YEAR ABOUT A 10% INCREASE.

SO IF WE CONTINUE ON THIS TREND AT THE END OF 2022, THIS YEAR, WE'LL BE ABOUT 6000 TOTAL CALLS FOR THE FOR THE DEPARTMENT AS COMPARED TO 5500 LAST YEAR, BUT AGAIN, IT'S JUST TOO EARLY FOR US TO COME TO ANY KIND OF CONCLUSIONS OTHER THAN IT IS WHAT IT IS, AND WE'RE MONITORING, AND I THINK MOST IMPORTANTLY, FROM THE COUNCIL'S PERSPECTIVE IN THE COMMUNITIES, WE'RE ABLE TO HANDLE THESE CALL VOLUMES, AND I'VE GOT SOME REALLY EXCITING NUMBERS HERE JUST A SECOND THAT IS VERY, VERY POSITIVE, EVEN IN LIGHT OF THE INCREASED CALL VOLUME.

THAT'S A PIE CHART. I WON'T GO OVER IT IN DETAIL UNLESS THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE ME TO, BUT IT JUST BREAKS DOWN, YOU KNOW, THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF CALLS.

AGAIN, THE EMS, WE'RE AN EMS DEPARTMENT, WE ESTABLISHED THAT QUITE WELL SOME TIME AGO; THAT'S WHAT WE DO.

NOW, HERE'S A TREND THAT I'VE TALKED WITH YOU BEFORE THAT I WAS REALLY HOPING THAT IT WOULD WE WOULD SEE A DECLINE IN THAT.

BUT WE ACTUALLY HAVEN'T, AND WE DON'T KNOW WHY THE CPR TREND CONTINUES TO INCREASE, AND AS YOU CAN SEE FROM 19 ALL THE WAY THROUGH 21 AND THEN THIS YEAR, AS YOU'LL NOTE AT THE BOTTOM, WE'RE PROJECTING THAT THE CPR, ACTUAL CPRS ARE NOT GOING DOWN.

CARDIAC ARRESTS ARE NOT GOING DOWN.

THEY'RE STILL INCREASING, AND WE DON'T KNOW WHY.

WE JUST CAN'T TELL YOU WHY, BUT WE'VE GOT A PLAN IN PLACE, OBVIOUSLY, TO RESPOND TO THIS IN A MANNER THAT WILL GIVE THE BEST CARE POSSIBLE IN THESE TYPE OF EVENTS, BUT IT'S SOMETHING, AGAIN, WE TRACK AND I WAS HOPING THAT I'D BE ABLE TO TELL YOU FOR WHATEVER REASON, OUR CARDIAC ARRESTS ARE GOING DOWN, BUT ACTUALLY THEY ARE NOT.

WELL, LET'S TALK ABOUT SOME EFFICIENCIES AND SOME COST CONTAINMENTS.

I WON'T GO THROUGH ALL OF THESE, BUT I DO WANT TO TELL YOU AT THE VERY, VERY TOP ONE ON THAT BULLET POINT, WHEN THE REGARDING OUR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS, ESPECIALLY FOR THE WEATHER THIS YEAR, WHEN WE HAD THE TORNADO, THAT JUST WAS A VERY NEAR MISS AND WE TOOK A LOOK AT OUR STAFFING.

WE'RE NOT AFRAID TO TAKE A LOOK AT HOW WE DO THINGS, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE ALWAYS BE HONEST WITH OURSELVES AND HONEST WITH YOU.

FROM THAT TORNADO, WE DECIDED THAT WHEN THE NATIONAL STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, ISSUES LIKE A LEVEL THREE RISK, THAT MEANS SOMETHING TO US VERY SIGNIFICANTLY AND WHAT WE'VE DECIDED IT MEANS TO US IS WHEN BURLESON IS IN THAT ENHANCED LEVEL THREE, WE'RE GOING TO SEND OUR EMERGENCY MANAGER, WILL ALLEN, AND THEN THE ON DUTY BATTALION CHIEF TO OUR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER AND BASICALLY GET IT SPOOLED UP IN A WARM STATE BECAUSE WE FEEL LIKE IF SOMETHING WERE TO HAPPEN AND THAT NIGHT I WAS WATCHING THE WEATHER, NUMEROUS OF US WERE WATCHING THE WEATHER WHEN THAT TORNADO HIT, IT HIT JUST LIKE THAT SPOOLED UP.

JUST LIKE THAT. IT SEEMED LIKE THE STORM WAS KIND OF WANING DOWN A LITTLE BIT, AND SO WE LEARNED FROM THAT, AND THANK GOODNESS WE WEREN'T AFFECTED, BUT WE SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE PASSIVE IN THESE TYPE OF SITUATIONS BECAUSE IT'S VERY POTENTIAL, HIGH PROBABILITY IN SOME CASES THAT A TORNADO CAN POP JUST LIKE THAT, AND WE DON'T WANT TO WAIT AND SEND SOMEBODY TO THE EOC AT THAT POINT AND BE REACTIVE.

WE WANT TO BE PROACTIVE.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW.

THAT IS A STANDARD PROCEDURE.

ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE THAT I THINK YOU'LL LIKE FROM AN EFFICIENCY STANDPOINT, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE LAST BULLET POINT IN THAT FIRST BOX, WHENEVER WE HAVE A BUSINESS THAT HAS WHAT WE CALL A COMMERCIAL, AUTOMATIC ALARM COMES IN.

BASICALLY THE ALARM HAS GONE OFF.

WE'RE IN COMMUNICATION AND THERE'S NO FIRE, THERE'S NO SMOKE.

WE JUST, THE OCCUPANT SAY, I DON'T KNOW, IT'S JUST GOING OFF.

INSTEAD OF SENDING A FIRE TRUCK ON AN EMERGENCY RESPONSE, WE'LL SEND OUR FIRE MARSHALS OR OUR INVESTIGATORS TO THAT CALL IN LIEU OF

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SENDING A FIRE TRUCK.

THERE'S NO EMERGENCY.

IT'S VERY EFFICIENT.

IT'S VERY EFFECTIVE.

SO I'M GLAD TO REPORT TO YOU THAT WE'VE MADE SOME INTERNAL ADJUSTMENTS, AND WHAT DOES THAT DO THAT KEEPS OUR EMERGENCY VEHICLES AND STAFF AVAILABLE FOR EMERGENCY PHONE CALLS? IF THERE WAS ANY INFORMATION THAT CAUSED US TO THINK THERE COULD BE SOMETHING FIRE RELATED WE'LL CHANGE THAT RESPONSE MODEL.

WE HAVE THAT ABILITY TO DO IT IN JUST A HEARTBEAT.

ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT I'M VERY PROUD TO SHARE WITH YOU, I SHARE WITH THE CITY MANAGER, IS OUR COST CONTAINMENT STRATEGIES.

WE CONTINUE TO WORK VERY HARD TO RUN THIS DEPARTMENT IN AN EFFICIENT MANNER.

WE CHANGED OUR OVERTIME POLICY JUST A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.

NOW WE'RE SEEING SOME OF THE FRUITS OF IT.

INSTEAD OF HIRING RANK FOR RANK, LET'S SAY A LIEUTENANT IS OFF AND SOME DEPARTMENTS HAVE TO DO THIS OR THEY CHOOSE TO DO IT.

WE STEP PEOPLE UP.

SO SAY A LIEUTENANT IS OFF INSTEAD OF WHEN WE HAVE TO HIRE OVERTIME, INSTEAD OF HIRING AN OVERTIME LIEUTENANT, WE MOVE PEOPLE UP.

WE CALL IT STEP UP PAY, AND SO ONE OF OUR DRIVERS WILL WILL STEP UP AND WE PAY A DIFFERENCE, AND THEN WE KEEP MOVING PEOPLE UP, AND THEN ONLY WHEN WE HAVE TO HIRE OVERTIME AT A CERTAIN POSITION, WE HIRE AT THAT LOWEST RANK POSSIBLE.

WELL, YOU CAN SEE THE FRUITS OF THAT FROM AN EFFICIENCY STANDPOINT.

THIS YEAR, WE'VE UP TO THIS POINT, WE'VE PAID ABOUT $11,500 IN WHAT WE CALL ASSIGNMENT PAY COMPARED TO IF WE WERE PAYING RANK FOR RANK, WE WOULD HAVE PAID OUT A LITTLE OVER $180,000.

SO WE'VE SAVED OUR TAXPAYERS ABOUT $170,000 IN EFFICIENCIES, AND THAT WILL ADD UP OVER TIME.

SO WE'RE PROUD OF THAT.

IT WORKS WELL, AND OUR SYSTEM, OUR FIREFIGHTERS ARE VERY USED TO THAT.

IT GIVES THEM A CHANCE, AGAIN TO STEP UP AND MOVE INTO THOSE POSITIONS TO GET THAT EXPERIENCE, AND WE'RE DOING IT IN THE MOST EFFICIENT POSSIBLE WAY FROM A TAXPAYER STANDPOINT. THIS IS AWESOME, CHIEF.

I'M REALLY GLAD TO SEE THAT.

DO YOU PAY OUT OF CLASS PAY WHEN GUYS DO STEP UP? YES, AND THAT'S WHAT THAT IS.

WE'LL MOVE THEM UP FIRST.

OKAY, GOT IT. YEAH, AND THEN SOMETHING TO COUNCIL MEMBER PAYNE, SOMETHING THAT I RECALL THAT YOU MENTIONED LAST YEAR WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT SOME IMPROVEMENTS ABOUT OUR VACATION WE WERE HAVING TO SQUEEZE DOWN AND SOME OF THE FIREFIGHTERS WEREN'T ABLE TO GET ALL THEIR SCHEDULED TIME , AND THEN THE ADJUSTMENTS IN FROM A CITY STANDPOINT ABOUT THE CAPPING, STAYING BELOW THAT CAP, WE TOOK THAT TO HEART, EVERYTHING, THE NEW DIRECTIVE IS AND THEN WHAT YOU HAD SHARED, TOO.

SO WE'VE ADJUSTED, WE'VE IMPLEMENTED A NEW VACATION POLICY THAT LOOKS LIKE THIS.

SO YOU HAVE TO SCHEDULE ALL YOUR TIME THAT YOU'RE GIVEN.

YOU HAVE TO SCHEDULE IT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S ON THE BOOKS, AND THEN YOU AS EMPLOYEE, YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR MANAGING YOUR TIME.

SO EVERY FIREFIGHTER THAT GETS WHATEVER AMOUNT OF TIME THAT THEY'VE EARNED, THEY SCHEDULE IT, PUT IT ON THE BOOKS.

SO WE'VE MADE SURE THAT WE'VE ADDRESSED SOME OF THOSE COMMENTS AND EQUITY IN THE SENSE WHERE THEY'VE GOT THEIR TIME OFF, IT'S SCHEDULED.

SOME DAILY PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS CONTINUE TO MOVE ON.

JOSH JACOBS MY FIRST BULLET POINT UP THERE, I DID A REORG ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO AND AS I'VE ALREADY MENTIONED, I CONSOLIDATED THE COMMUNITY RISK REDUCTION EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SUPPORT SERVICES UNDER ONE, AND THAT'S WHERE JOSH'S PORTFOLIO PORTFOLIO IS UNDER THE SUPPORT SERVICES, HE'LL RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FACILITIES FOR FLEET, FOR TRAINING, AND THEN THE PUBLIC HEALTH SIDE AND SOME OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING.

AGAIN, I WON'T GO THROUGH ALL OF THESE AS WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS CAME OUT OF THE STUDY AS WELL.

I THINK I BRIEFED YOU ON THIS A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO.

WE'RE WORKING WITH DEVELOPMENT TO CONTINUE TO LOOK AT HOW WE CAN TWEAK THAT CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE FOR THE DEVELOPER STANDPOINT, AND I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE

[A. Consider approval of a cost sharing agreement with Jackson Shaw for pre-development services at 555 and 295 Hidden Creek Boulevard not to exceed $179,312.50 and authorizing the City Manager to execute documents associated with the pre-development services. (Staff Presenter: Alex Philips, Economic Development Director)]

MOVING TOWARD VERY QUICKLY IS WE'RE GOING TO GO TO A PAPERLESS PROCESS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

STACY STILL COMES IN WITH BIG BUNDLES OF PLANS, AND I JUST DON'T KNOW THAT'S REALLY IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF OUR DEVELOPER.

SOMEBODY IS HAVING TO PAY FOR THAT.

SO AGAIN, WE'RE REALLY GETTING GRANULAR IN THAT REGARD.

I WON'T GO OVER THIS WITH YOU JUST FOR THE SAKE OF TIME IN DETAIL.

I THINK THE TAKEAWAY HERE IS AS FAR AS THE SAFETY COMMITTEE, ANY TIME WE HAVE AN INCIDENT, WE CONVENE A COMMITTEE AND AS IT SAYS, ALL WORKPLACE INJURIES OR ACCIDENTS.

WE TAKE A SERIOUS LOOK AT THAT AND GO THROUGH OUR OWN INTERNAL PROCESS.

WE'VE GOT AN AMBULANCE COMMITTEE THAT CASEY HAS DEVELOPED AND THEY'RE MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS TO US, AND THEN ANOTHER THING THAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE REALLY BEEFED UP

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AND IT'S ALL ELECTRONIC, A DAILY CHECKLIST FOR OUR EQUIPMENT.

IT'S ALL CAPTURED IN THE REAL TIME.

THIS IS SOMETHING, AGAIN, THAT I'LL SPEND JUST A LITTLE BIT OF TIME.